Grade by Grade
New Brunswick · Grade 6

Personal Wellness

Includes health, sexual health education and career education.

Outline

Lessons for this subject are being written.

Below is how the official curriculum organizes it. Each strand will get full lessons like the ones in Grade 1 Mathematics.

Curriculum strands

AWellness

Seven domains of wellness; daily habits; marketing and peer pressure; addiction; digital citizenship and online safety

BMental Fitness

Mental health as a range; stress management; decision-making model; saving vs spending

CHuman Growth and Development

Puberty and reproductive systems; consent; media, body image and self-esteem

DRelationships

Healthy relationships and boundaries; bullying in person and online; bias, stereotypes, gender identity and sexual orientation

ECareer Connected Learning

Career pathways matched to interests; skills for finding work; career-life portfolio